Art And Art : Auguste Rodin

He demonstrated artistic talent as a youth, and was allowed to attend the drawing school of M. Alaux. At this school, “His fellow pupils, almost without exception, intended to be artists, and felt a contempt for Bouguereau on account of his business occupations; thus, when at the end of the year he took the prize for which all had striven, the excitement was so great that a riot occurred, and the pupils made a formal protest against his receiving it, but without effect.” (Erskine-Clement, 79-80). This type of reaction to Bouguereau’s success became quite typical within the art community. The impressionist and realist painters of his era despised his rigidly academic style, and commercial incentives. He was paid top dollar for his works, and even though he had great passion for his work, he realized that in order to succeed financially, his subjects must reflect the tastes of the market. This is perhaps one of the most intriguing things about Bouguereau, that despite the fact that his works were often commissioned, and that he was expected to paint certain subjects, his work still showcased a remarkable amount of passion and energy. The most successful period of his career was after his return to France in 1854, where “he became an immensely successful and influential exponent of academic art, upholding traditional values and contriving to exclude avant-garde work from the Salon” (Chilvers, 68). This is the period in

Born April 20th, 1850, French, before he was a sculptor, was a Lawyer and a Judge, among other occupations.

"There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him." Antonin Artaud is not known for his many famous and interesting quotes. He was known for his experiments with Theatre and the creations of a sub- Surrealist theatre known as Theatre of Cruelty.

Alexandre Hogue was born February 22, 1898 in Missouri and moved to Denton, Texas soon after. He went to high school in Dallas, Texas but attended college for one year at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Alexandre got a job at Dallas Morning News as an illustrator so he maoved back to Dallas. In 1921, he moved to New York City to work with calligraphy, film advertisements, and studied in different museums. Every summer, he would travel to and from Texas to draw with Charles Franklin Reaugh and to start his painting career. He got a job at Texas State College for Women as an art teacher, and later on made head of the art department at Hockaday Junior College. Hogue became head of the art department at the University of Tulsa, where he settled down and then later on, died.

By age 18, the skilled youthful artist was enrolled at the Académie Royale (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture). After a few disappointments in rivalries and discovering

Auguste Rodin was French sculptor, known to be innovative and to put much spiritual and emotional depth into his works. He lived from November 12, 1840 until November 17, 1917.He was considered to be a realist and the originator of modern sculpture. Rodin

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Haute-Vienne, France in 1841. He worked as an apprentice in a porcelain factory, but was more attracted to the artwork in the Louvre. Renoir began studying under Charles Gleyre, who also taught the artist Claude Monet, in 1862. For years, he painted and found little success due to financial woes and losing connections to the Le Cœur family in 1874, causing Renoir to lose his favorite painting spot. This caused his artistic subject choices to change dramatically. Through the years, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis, leaving him in a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. This struggle made him stronger as a person and an artist, as he continued to create despite his hardships.

George Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris. He was one of the three children of Chrysostome-Antoine Seurat and Ernestine Faivre. This also means that George comes from a prosperous family that made several sculptors. Unfortunately, he lived with his mother and two siblings which had to be temporarily relocated to Fontainebleau, where they stayed during the Franco-Prussian War and the subsequent Paris Commune rebellion in 1870. However, George’s interest in art was encouraged by his uncle, Paul Haumonté, a textile dealer and amateur painter.

His training began early when he was emitted to the “Petit École” (Rilke, 2011, p. 192), a school that invested time to decorative artists who learned about traditional eighteenth-century French art. While finishing his studies, he also learned about anatomical structure under the watchful eye of Antoine-Louis Barye, a French sculptor, giving him inspiration to become a sculptor.

Pierre -Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienna France. He was born during the nineteenth century. During the 1860s, he did not even have enough money to buy the paint. Renoir started first exhibiting paintings in the Paris Salon, in 1864. Renoir had six paintings hung in 1874, and the same year, two of his works were shown with Durand-Ruel, in London. Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color. He complete two amazing oil paniting The Dance in the City and The Dance at

Cardin’s father wanted him to go into architect, but he had other interests. When he was just 17 he became a tailor at a men’s shop in Vichy, France. From there he learned skills that he would go onto show in his future work. He stayed with that job till after World War II when he moved to Paris.While there he had many jobs and he even worked in the Paquin fashion house until moving onto the Schiaparelli

A well known artist of the 20th century is Georges Braque, born on May 13th, 1882, in Argenteuil, France.(1) Braque took after his father and grandfather in house painting.(1) He studied painting from 1897-1899 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.(1) He took his love for artistic painting to the next level where he then moved to Paris.(1) From 1902-1904 he continued to paint at the Academie Humbert.(2) In 1910 a close fellow artist and friend Pablo Picasso introduced Braque to model Marcelle Lapre which he then later married in 1912.(2) Braque also served in the French Army during World War I and sustained wounds to the head.(3) With his failing health that prevented Braque from creating any large-scale commissioned projects he still continued with his artwork in 1917.(3)

He was a Spanish painter and sculptor, born into a wealthy family in Madrid in 1887. He abandoned, at the age of seventeen, his engineering studies to dedicate himself to learn to paint. Two years later, in 1906, he moved to Paris and settled in the prestigious artists’ residence and meeting place, Le Bateau-Lavoir. This is where he met Picasso, Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy and Guillaume Apollinaire, with whom he contributed to the evolution of Cubism.

Auguste Rodin is a famous French sculptor whose talent made his clay sculptors become famous in the modern style. His talent allowed him to produce several sculptures with unique and complex styles. Although he was very talented, he received a lot of criticism from people around him because he didn’t use the traditional, decorative styles of the time. He was very good at modeling the human body using realism and gave character to his sculptures by adding great physical features. The Burghers of Calais is one of Rodin’s most famous sculptures which he completed in the 1889. Its material is Bronze and it represents an important story from the Hundred Years war. The story is about Calais, which was an important French port that was under constant

Before the Bath by Pierre-Auguste Renior was created in 1875 on an oil canvas. This piece was one of 19 paintings Renior created to sell to the public in Paris (Barnes). Before the Bath can now be seen in the Barnes Foundation in room 7, in west wall. The oil canvas itself is 32 5/16 x 26 3/16in which makes viewers really appreciate the paintings beauty. When Renior displayed this painting for sale it caused an uproar and fistfights because people thought it was too revealing. Even with the public not accepting it at first, this painting became one of Renior’s most celebrated works (Barnes).